This novella was a Christmas gift and a quick read. I loved The Witches of New York, and was happy to spend the morning with them today. I hope Ami McKay keeps them alive

I wanted to like this book, though I‘ve never read JP, bc I‘m generally a Clinton admirer. I wanted it to be a fun, twisty summer read. However, the writing was often cheesy and I anticipated the twist from nearly the beginning. Further, Dennis Quaid‘s reading of the audible version was occasionally distractingly bad.

The premise was interesting. How would you live if you knew when you‘d die? The book is divided into four sections, one for each of the Gold siblings. (I‘ve got a thing for sibling stories.) I found the first two characters more interesting. I listened to the audible, over a period of a few weeks. I think that stretching the story out that way may have made me feel more for the characters. I‘ll be interested to see what Chloe Benjamin does next.

Hers is an amazing personal story. This book made me want to pack a bag and hit the road! It also made me admire this woman more than I already did.

I loved this audiobook. Her voice is soothing, the narrative elegant in its simplicity. This is a fascinating view of a particular New York. Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe are vulnerable and tough at once, sharing tender secrets and taking risks. I felt surprised and charmed by a certain innocence to their story.

Loved this! Nonfiction that reads like a novel❤

This was a pretty good summer read, suspenseful, not too taxing. It raised some interesting questions about the way popular news outlets frame public discussion, and the way we react to public tragedy.

Uproariously funny. Toole's vivid characters could only inhabit the French Quarter. Beneath the laughs, the world described is also a little sad.

An antique book, a coastal librarian and circus folk are the major characters in this family story/ mystery. I knew I'd read this book from the first time I heard about it. Still, I wanted to like it more than I did. It's an easy, enjoyable read, but wasn't especially memorable.

Lorrie Moore writes sentences that I underline in pencil. She writes about intimacy in friendship and growing up and looking for thrills and disappointment. She does all this in a slim novel that made me laugh and cry sometimes in the same paragraph.